Prevalence of low back pain in Latin America: A systematic literature review

Pain Physician

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 379-391

  Garcia, Joao B S ^a   Hernandez Castro, John J ^b   Nunez, Rocio G ^a   Pazos, Maria A R ^a   Aguirre, Jorge O ^a   Jreige, Asisa ^a   Delgado, Willian ^a   Serpentegui, Manuel ^a   Berenguel, Maria ^a   Cantisani, Alberto F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Epidemiology; Latin America; Low back pain; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SITTING; SMOKING; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORK; WORKING TIME; CHRONIC PAIN;

CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LOW BACK PAIN;

EID: 84907286516     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: 21501149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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